Skreddy Klipper

The Skreddy Klipper is a fuzz pedal from Skreddy Pedals described by its maker as a "Huge, amp-like, Sabbathy fuzz"¹²³. It is built around the idea of the Laney amp that was designed to create Tony Iommi's uniquely distorted sound, a sound Iommi had previously gotten by boosting his Laney Supergroup with a Range Master⁴. Guitar Pedal X, reviewing it among 2024's new distortion pedals, called it "A really cool sounding Tony Iommi Laney Tube Clipper era of Sabbath"⁵.

Where the circuit comes from

Skreddy's Marc describes the design directly: rather than modeling an amp in software, the Klipper is a discrete circuit aimed at the same saturation. The maker's account is that he "designed a circuit to do that using 2 negative feedback transistor clipping stages using tube-amp power rectifier diodes as the clippers" with added series resistance to soften the clipping⁴. The result, in the maker's words, is a "Toothy, grindy, huge, amp-like fuzz!"⁴.

The Laney connection is inspiration, not licensing. Skreddy Pedals states that it has "no affiliation with Laney, who of course own their trademarked names"⁴.

Controls and how to play it

The Klipper's controls are simple, and the maker is explicit about how he expects players to set them⁴:

In other words, the pedal is voiced to be run near full tilt, with the tone control shaping the top end rather than reining the circuit in⁴.

Pickup choice matters here. The input gain is trimmed so the circuit handles higher-output pickups, and the maker says it gives its "Best results with humbuckers or loud P90's", while low-output single coils drive it less hard⁴. Players with vintage-style single coils should expect a cleaner, less saturated response than humbucker players get.

What reviewers heard

Guitar Pedal X's Stefan Karlsson included the Klipper in his roundup of 2024's best new distortion pedals, hearing in it "A really cool sounding Tony Iommi Laney Tube Clipper era of Sabbath"⁵. That matches the maker's own framing: the pedal is aimed squarely at the early-1970s Sabbath sound of a Laney amp pushed into distortion.

Skreddy's product page includes a sound clip of Ilya Lipkin of The Restoned playing Embryo clean at very low guitar volume, then a higher but still reduced-volume intro chug, then the full-volume fuzz of Children of the Grave⁴, demonstrating how the pedal cleans up with the guitar's volume control.

Context in the Skreddy range

The Klipper sits in a fuzz-heavy lineup from Skreddy Pedals, which includes the Skreddy Pink Flesh and the Skreddy Lady, among many others. Where those pedals draw on Big Muff and Tone Bender lineages, the Klipper's reference point is an amp circuit rather than another fuzz pedal, which is what sets it apart within the maker's range and among fuzz pedals generally⁴⁶¹.

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